A Stereoscopic Sibyl camera made by Newman & Guardia
N and G.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1911 - 1914
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
155 x 185 x 160 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524733.1
Summary
A Stereoscopic Sibyl camera made by Newman & Guardia. The body is metal covered with black leatherette and the twin bellows are black leather. The trellis struts are aluminium as is the baseplate. The shutter has seven speed up to-f32 1/100 sec and the apertures range f4.5-f32. The lenses are inscribed 'Tessar 1:4.5 F=12cm DRP142294 Carl Zeiss Jena' then numbers '153232'and '153239' respectively. The lens plate has 'N&G Stereoscopic Sibyl' and '17 & 18 Rathbone Place Oxford St., London W.' There is a ground glass focussing screen with hood and a tripod bush on the base.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
N and G. , manufacturer